Sheridan v. Krupp

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Sheridan v. Krupp, 141 Pa. 564 (Pa. 1891)
21 A. 670; 1891 Pa. LEXIS 1105
McCollum, Mitchell, Paxson, Sterrett, Williams

Sheridan v. Krupp

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

The plaintiff, Catharine Ann Sheridan, slipped and fell on the steps of the house adjoining the one in which she lived, whereby she was injured. This action was brought against her landlord, who was owner also of the adjoining premises, to recover damages for the injuries sustained. Her contention was that he had taken away steps which were safe, and replaced them by other steps which were dangerous. It was no concern of the plaintiff what change the landlord made in the steps of a house which was not in her occupancy. She knew what kind of steps they were. She saw them daily, and if she regarded them as dangerous her obvious course was to avoid them. She entered the house of her own motion, and not at the invitation of her landlord; and as the danger, if any, was patent, she must be assumed to have taken the risk. The court below properly entered the nonsuit.

Judgment affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
JOHN SHERIDAN v. ELI KRUPP
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2 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
The plaintiff, occupying as a tenant one of two adjoining dwellings having a set of steps in common at their front, alleged to be unsafe but with the condition of which she was familiar, fell upon the steps when coming from the door of her neighbor, a tenant of the same landlord. In an action for negligence against the landlord, it was not error to enter a peremptory nonsuit.